Chapter 130
Liu Mingyu entered Beijing, not alone. This time he went out of seclusion, the seized materials, the heads he cut, including the surrendered Jiannu and other surrendered. Of course, in order to let Emperor Chongzhen see the courage and fearlessness of the Liu family army, Liu Mingyu also ordered the Liu family army's six combat corps to draw a unit composed of combat heroes.
These combat heroes of the Liu family army beheaded more than two levels per capita, and there were more than 700 disabled soldiers, a total of more than 2,700 people, including more than 600 cavalrymen.
In addition, the Jiannu Shuotuo army who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty had a total of more than 1,100 people. Of course, the soldiers who died in the Liu family army, a total of more than 6,000 ashes, also followed them into the capital. These soldiers who fell into battle needed to be buried in their hometowns. This matter is very important. Liu Mingyu also brought these more than 6,000 ashes to Beijing, and a group of thousands of large trucks.
The road was led by more than 600 cavalry, followed by a convoy of ashes of the fallen soldiers of the Liu family army, followed by a convoy of wounded soldiers, and then the head of the beheaded Jiannu.
Thousands of large cars were moving forward slowly. People along the way were hiding one after another. Although Jiannu had just retreated for less than a month, the traces of being destroyed by war in the pass were almost wiped out.
The houses burned by Jiannu either became ashes, and the tenacious grass began to expose the ground, or the surviving people began to build their own houses on the spot. Some people set off firecrackers to celebrate.
As Jiannu broke the pass, the price of grain near the capital increased from one stone, one tael and two cents of silver, but now it has increased to three taels of silver, for merchants, selling grain into Beijing, is a huge profit.
Of course, the grain business is a business monopolized by the gentry and wealthy families. Although it is divided into small and medium-sized grain merchants, perhaps behind these grain merchants, they all belong to one boss.
Unlike the large enterprises in later generations, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were very low-key. With the example of Shen Wansan, even one business would have several or dozens of different names.
The danger has been lifted, and the people who came to hide in the county left one after another and returned to their hometown. There were many fewer people. However, many shops reopened, and merchants from other places also arrived one after another. The county town gradually regained its vitality. A street even set up a stage and sang a big show. Many people watched it there with relish.
No matter which county town he arrived, Liu Mingyu would go to the city to take a look, but the soldiers of the Liu family army and the troops transporting the Jiannu heads and the Jiannu surrendered army did not enter the city.
When he walked into Jizhou City, Liu Mingyu was sitting in a carriage and saw that many grain shops on the street had hanged grain prices of three taels of silver per stone. It was so expensive that even ordinary people could not afford it.
There was a long line in front of each grain shop. The people with worn-out clothes were carrying rice bags and holding the only little money they had on their bodies, begging the shopkeepers of the grain shop to be cheaper. The shopkeepers of the grain shop seemed to be buying and not buying birds. The guys worked hard and tampered with the weighing. They didn't know if there was a hundred kilograms of rice for a stone. They were just killing customers to death, causing complaints.
Liu Mingyu saw it and felt helpless. He sympathized with these ordinary people, but he was helpless. He couldn't control this matter now. Not to mention him, even Emperor Chongzhen could not control it.
These grain merchants are very hard in the background, and their relationships are intricate. Anyone who moves casually will anger a bunch of big shots and eventually they can't afford to take advantage of themselves.
Although Liu Mingyu has a system mall, although the food price in this system mall is cheap, the problem is that if he releases affordable grain, he will definitely be hired by these grain merchants to buy it. At that time, the price of grain may be even higher.
The Liu family army also had soldiers from Jizhou. These soldiers were exceptionally returned home for vacation by Liu Mingyu. Of course, some soldiers could not go back because they were killed.
When he was in Jizhou City, Liu Mingyu talked about the aftermath with Wang Yong.
"Eunuch Wang, our Liu family army has 327 soldiers killed in Jizhou. I will pay them pensions according to the Liu family army's pension standards. However, for some things, please ask Eunuch Wang to help you!" "General Liu, please say, as long as our family can do it!"
Wang Yong has a good cooperation with Liu Mingyu now and his relationship is quite harmonious. Liu Mingyu is very generous. Although Liu Mingyu does not drink military blood and does not eat the empty amount, the one he should have given him is not a penny.
"The soldiers are not afraid of death or hardship, but are afraid of forgetting. The heroes who went to the battlefield to kill Jiannu are now dead. I want to make a batch of "loyalty to the king and defend the country" and distribute them to each of their homes. I also hope that the local government can build a temple and public memorial service."
Liu Mingyu sighed and said, "I'm afraid that someone Liu is just slight, so please mediate from it!"
"But now, the government has also suffered heavy losses, I'm afraid I have no money!"
Liu Mingyu is rich, but he doesn't want to get the money off the shameless civil servants. After thinking about it, Liu Mingyu said, "I don't have anything else, and I can give it to Jizhou's tenth level head!"
Wang Yong's eyes flashed and he thought to himself that Liu Ming had met Tao.
This time, Jiannu entered the pass, and Jiannu was actually half successful in strategic terms. Although the Ming Dynasty ended in a crushing defeat, it beat Jiannu hard.
In fact, the war report that Huang Taiji received was a war loss report that the owners of each banner had added moisture. The actual losses of the eight banners of Jiannu definitely exceeded 23,000. However, Jiannu was a slave, and each soldier had a coated slave and his own armored war slave.
At this time, the most serious casualties in the battle were actually the coated slaves of each red-armored soldiers. Each of them might have three or five coated soldiers, and more than a dozen. These coated slaves and armored war slaves are not counted as a result of the losses.
Therefore, the statistics of the Ming army are very rich, but Jiannu is even more shameless. A history of the Qing Dynasty is less than 5% credible, even worse than online novels.
No matter what, Jiannu suffered heavy losses this time, and Jiannu himself said that they did not dare to admit that they had won. For Chongzhen, this deal was relatively cost-effective.
The most direct impact of this battle was that some Mongolian tribes who had originally turned to Jiannu suddenly improved their attitude towards the Ming Dynasty. Not only did they stop harassing the side walls, they also sent messengers, as if they wanted to rebuild the old with the Ming Dynasty.
These fence-bearers can see clearly that no matter how powerful Jiannu is, he can only fight with only 100,000 soldiers, but the Ming Dynasty had almost infinite manpower and material resources. If the Ming army fought to the death in every battle, and lost tens of thousands of people at the cost of losing tens of thousands of people, then the one who died must be Jiannu!
It is said that the reason why the Ming army lost in this battle was entirely because of Jiannu's one of Batulu who was the bravest Ming Dynasty, Liu Mingyu, who was the bravest army of the Ming Dynasty, was defeated. If there were no Oboi assassination, the result would be that Jiannu would not even be able to defend Shenyang.
The attitude of the Mongolian tribes made Chongzhen feel very good. Although they were all insignificant small tribes, it was one of the few good news since he ascended the throne. These days he was very energetic, even eating half a bowl of rice, and was very efficient when reviewing memorials. Such comfortable days are rare.
Chongzhen attached importance to military achievements, especially Liu Zhilun and Lu Xiangsheng. The promotion speed was like a rocket, and other officials at all levels were also ready to move. Although they really did not achieve any results, the literati's Spring and Autumn style could make up stories at will. As long as they had a head in hand, would they be afraid that the court would not recognize it?
Liu Mingyu did not come forward to this matter, and Wang Yong mediated it. However, Han Jien, the governor of Jizhou, proposed that the top 10 level was too young and that the head of the thirty level was required. At the same time, the Liu family's family members were allocated 20 acres of land for five years to be exempted from tax.
Liu Mingyu no longer bargained. In this era, twenty acres of land were about 200 taels of silver, and twenty acres were exempted for five years. This was a good treatment that would not be exchanged for a thousand gold coins.
So, Liu Mingyu agreed to the deal.
Anyway, Han Jien, the governor of Jizhou, was also generous to others. This time, several towns were slaughtered by Jiannu. Just a thousand households were hijacked, and there were more than tens of thousands of acres of land without owners?
More than 320 acres, but only more than 6,000 acres are just a drop in the bucket.
This was also a joy. After Liu Mingyu handled the matter in Jizhou, he headed southwest to the capital. The treatment methods in Sanhe and Xianghe were exactly the same as those in Jizhou. Wang Yong came forward and exchanged the fields and ancestral halls for the head to commemorate the fallen soldiers of the Liu family army.
Liu Mingyu was not going to the capital quickly. Emperor Chongzhen asked three questions every day, but considering that Liu Mingyu's health was not healed, he could not urge Liu Mingyu to speed up.
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In the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen had dinner and was about to review the memorial when he heard the eunuch Wang Chengsi, the former eunuch, saying, "Old Master, Lord Sun, ask for a meeting?"
"Which Lord Sun?"
"Grandmaster of Dongji Palace, Lord Sun Chengzong and Sun!"
"Please!"
Emperor Chongzhen originally had a great opinion on Sun Chengzong, but the old man Sun Chengzong was quite capable. He commanded the army to give Jiannu a major injury and achieved brilliant results. His resentment became smaller and he naturally became much more enthusiastic.
"Old minister Sun Chengzong, see Your Majesty!"
Chongzhen hurriedly stepped forward and helped him up: "Shufu doesn't have to be too polite! Come on, give him a seat!"
Wang Chengen brought a chair and asked Sun Chengzong to sit down. He brought another bowl of steaming ginseng soup for Sun Chengzong to drink.
Sun Chengzong bowed and said, "The old minister has been trusted by the late emperor and entrusted his affairs with Liao. He has worked hard for more than ten years, and he is walking on thin ice, and dare not relax. The emperor does not even dislike the old minister's old age and body, and promises important tasks. Even if such trust is broken, it will be difficult to repay the situation. The old minister actually tried his best to make the Liao affairs change, but the world did not fulfill his wishes. In this war, our army suffered heavy losses, and the casualties were extremely heavy. The soldiers were defeated and the land was cut. The old minister could not refuse the blame..."
Sun Chengzong did not wait for Chongzhen to ask questions and directly apologized for guilt. He also used retreat as a plan to advance, leaving Chongzhen nothing to say.
Chapter completed!